Alluring Charms

That day, one hurried glimpse of the Pei family head, the man at the height of power in Harbor City, set her heart racing. She decided to make him her patron.

She only wanted to resolve the crisis before her. To him, she was nothing more than a boredom-killing diversion.

On a snowy night, at an upscale club in the capital, a friend asked, “You used to hate the capital so much. How come you suddenly like it now?”

The man sat with the light behind him. A hint of softness touched his refined face as he held a cigarette between his lips and drawled,

“She likes it.”